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gentry coves

gentry coves is the plural of gentry cove.

Meaning of gentry cove

Noun

gentry cove (plural gentry coves)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A gentleman.
    • As priest of the game, / And prelate of the same. / There's a gentry cove here.1621, Ben Jonson, The Gypsies Metamorphosed

Questions about gentry coves

What is gentry coves the plural of?
Gentry coves is the plural of gentry cove.

Words near gentry coves in the dictionary

  1. gentry cofe
  2. Gentry County
  3. gentry cove
  4. gentry cove's ken
  5. gentry cove's kens
  6. gentry coves
  7. gentry mort
  8. gentry morts
  9. gents
  10. gents'
  11. Gentu

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